Updated Aug 2026

Current Time in London, United Kingdom

Name: London
Address: London, United Kingdom

London uses the Europe/London time zone, with GMT (UTC +0:00) during standard time and BST (UTC +1:00) during daylight saving time.

London, United Kingdom — Live Clock

7:37:35 AM

BST · UTC +0:00

Sunday, September 20, 2026

Sunrise

6:44 AM

Sunset

7:06 PM

Day Length

12h 22m

Population

8.9 M

51.5074° N, -0.1278° W · 11 m elevation · September 20, 2026

London Time Zone

Time Zone

Europe/London

BST

Standard Time

GMT

UTC +0:00

Daylight Time

BST

UTC +1:00

Next DST Change

Follows local rules

This city’s business rhythm

London — the transatlantic financial anchor

London runs on GMT (winter) or BST (summer), flipping on the last Sunday of March and October. City of London financial hours anchor the European trading day — LSE opens 8 AM GMT/BST. London sits 5 h ahead of New York (winter) / 4 h (summer), 4.5 h behind Mumbai, 8 h ahead of San Francisco (winter). The transatlantic banking meeting window (8-11 AM ET / 1-4 PM GMT) anchors on London.

Regional context

Timezones across Europe

Europe stretches across four main timezones — GMT/BST (UK, Ireland, Portugal), CET/CEST (most of continental Europe), EET/EEST (Greece, Finland, the Baltics), and MSK (Russia's westernmost cities). Most countries observe DST in unison — last Sunday of March to last Sunday of October — creating clean 1-hour steps between neighbouring zones. Icelandic and Russian cities are exceptions with no seasonal shift.

About London Time: GMT & BST

Check the current local time in London, United Kingdom. London uses the Europe/London time zone (GMT, UTC+0) and observes daylight saving time (BST, UTC+1) part of the year. Use this page to see the exact current time in London and plan calls or meetings across time zones.